CME - Tentative Static CME Schedule (Last update - 04/06/04)

This schedule is subject to change. For the most up to date information concerning CME and Workshops, please see the 2004 AAPA Conference Planner

Tuesday, June 1, 2004
Start End CME Number Event Location
10:30 AM 1:30 PM 4000 Basic 12-Lead EKG Workshop N245
11:00 AM 11:45 AM 4001 Cardiovascular Disease: Gender-Specific Issues N1
11:00 AM 11:45 AM 4002 Future Targets for Acute and Preventive Migraine Treatment N250
11:00 AM 11:45 AM 4003 Pre-operative Care of the Kidney Patient N252-256
11:00 AM 11:45 AM 4004 Beyond Benzodiazepines: Treating Anxiety Disorders in Primary Care N255-259
11:00 AM 11:45 AM 4005 Racial, Ethnic and Socioeconomic Factors in Health Care Disparities N246
11:00 AM 2:00 PM 4006 Casting Techniques Workshop 1 N247
11:00 AM 3:00 PM 4007 PAs and Medical/Public Health Interventions in International Humanitarian Medical Relief Workshop: What You Need to Know Before You Go N249
1:00 PM 1:45 PM 4008 Management of Acutely Decompensated Heart Failure N1
1:00 PM 1:45 PM 4009 Autism Spectrum Disorders N246
1:00 PM 1:45 PM 4010 People Can Achieve and Maintain a Healthy Weight: Identifying What Works from Evidence-Based Research N255-259
1:00 PM 1:45 PM 4011 Classification and Recognition of Bone Tumors N246
1:00 PM 2:15 PM 4012 Top Ten Medical Stories 2003-2004 N252-256
1:00 PM 5:00 PM 4013 Medical Microscopy Workshop Offsite
2:00 PM 2:45 PM 4014 Information Mastery at the Point of Care: Use of Handheld Devices to Improve Point of Service Patient Care Barron
2:00 PM 2:45 PM 4015 Acute Care Medicine Made Easy: Top 10 Articles of the Past Year N1
2:00 PM 2:45 PM 4016 From Common to Exotic Pet-related Illnesses: Who Let the Dogs Out? N246
2:00 PM 2:45 PM 4017 Assessment and Management of the Heavy Drinker N250
2:00 PM 2:45 PM 4018 What's New in Cardiology: Research to Bedside N255-259
2:30 PM 5:00 PM 4019 Basic Arrhythmia Workshop N245
3:00 PM 3:45 PM 4020 Pulmonary Embolism: Understanding the New Diagnostic Paradigms Barron
3:00 PM 3:45 PM 4021 Malpractice Risk Reduction: Practical Lessons from Emergency Medicine N1
3:00 PM 3:45 PM 4022 Food Allergies: Real Life Dietary Management Strategies N246
3:00 PM 3:45 PM 4023 Primary Care Approach to Chronic Diarrhea and Malabsorption Disorders N252-256
3:00 PM 3:45 PM 4024 Endocrine and Diabetic Emergencies N255-259
3:00 PM 6:00 PM 4025 Casting Techniques Workshop 2 N247
4:00 PM 4:45 PM 4026 Diagnostic Surprises in Infectious Disease: What Could That Patient Have? Barron
4:00 PM 4:45 PM 4027 Ten Most Common Myths and Mistakes in Evaluating Patients with Chest Pain N1
4:00 PM 4:45 PM 4028 Immunotherapy: Which Patient Qualifies? N246
4:00 PM 4:45 PM 4029 Primary Care Approach to Refractory Constipation N252-256
4:00 PM 4:45 PM 4030 Top 10 POEMs of 2003-2004 N255-259
4:00 PM 4:45 PM 4031 Recognition of Child Abuse and Neglect N250
5:30 PM 8:30 PM 1600 Adjunct Dinner Symposium - Beyond Dyslipidemia Guidelines: Is Lower Better and Is Better Good Enough? Ballroom A
5:30 PM 8:30 PM 1601 Adjunct Dinner Symposium - Current Perspectives on the Treatment of Inflammatory Acne Ballroom B
5:30 PM 8:30 PM 1602 Adjunct Dinner Symposium - Practical Considerations for Extended-Cycle Oral Contraceptive Patients Ballroom C
5:30 PM 8:30 PM 1603 Adjunct Dinner Symposium - Frequency of Asymptomatic Shedding and Its Role in Transmission Ballroom D-G
Wednesday, June 2, 2004
Start End CME Number Event Location
6:30 AM 7:45 AM 1604 Adjunct Breakfast Symposium -- Osteoporosis-- Fracture Prevention and Therapeutic Update Ballroom A
6:30 AM 7:45 AM 1605 Adjunct Breakfast Symposium - Management of Backache Shouldn't Be a Pain in the Neck Ballroom B
6:30 AM 7:45 AM 1606 Adjunct Breakfast Symposium - Update on Current Management Strategies for Common Respiratory Tract Infections (RTIs) Ballroom C
6:30 AM 7:45 AM 1607 Adjunct Breakfast Symposium - CV Risk Reduction - Is Combination Therapy for Hyperlipidemia an Option? Ballroom D-G
8:00 AM 8:45 AM 4032 The Top Ten (Plus Some) Skin Tumors: What You Need to Know! Barron
8:00 AM 8:45 AM 4033 Update on Acute Asthma N1
8:00 AM 8:45 AM 4034 Triple Diagnosis: HIV, Mental Illness, Substance Use N246
8:00 AM 8:45 AM 4035 Being a Successful Mentor N250
8:00 AM 8:45 AM 4036 Borderline Personality Disorder in the Primary Care Setting N252-256
8:00 AM 8:45 AM 4037 Cumulative Movement Disorders of the Upper Extremity: What's new N255-259
8:00 AM 9:00 AM 4038 APAP Workshop: Teaching in the Outpatient Setting - Skills for Clinical Preceptors N260
8:00 AM 10:00 AM 4039 Heart Sounds Workshop: Making Sense of Heart Sounds N245
8:00 AM 10:30 AM 4040a Basic Medical Spanish Workshop Part 1 of 4 N231
8:00 AM 11:00 AM 4041 Casting Techniques Workshop 3 N247
8:00 AM 11:30 AM 4042 Injections of Joints and Soft Tissue of the Musculoskeletal System Upper and Lower Extremities Workshop 1 N249
8:00 AM 12:00 PM 4043 Psychosocial Aspects of Bioterrorism: Education for Readiness & Response - A Train-the-trainer Workshop for PA Educators N258
8:00 AM 12:00 PM 4044 Public Speaking to Medical Audiences Workshop N251
9:00 AM 9:45 AM 4045 Women's Issues in Migraine Therapy N255-259
9:00 AM 9:45 AM 4046 ACLS: Fact of Fiction? Barron
9:00 AM 9:45 AM 4047 Preventing Recurrent Exacerbations of Asthma N1
9:00 AM 9:45 AM 4048 Antiretrovirals, Psychotropics, Substance Use: A Dangerous Mix N246
9:00 AM 9:45 AM 4049 Electronic Health Records (EHR): Good Medicine for the Health Care Provider? N250
9:00 AM 9:45 AM 4050 Imagined Ugliness: Body Dysmorphic Disorder N252-256
9:15 AM 10:15 AM 4051 APAP Roundtable: Improving Chronic Disease Care: The Role for PA Educators N260
10:00 AM 10:45 AM 4052 HIV Treatment in 2004: New Options N246
10:00 AM 10:45 AM 4053 A Guide to Using the Internet to Search the Medical Literature N250
10:00 AM 10:45 AM 4054 State of the Art Lecture -- Hot Topics in Lipids Barron
11:00 AM 11:45 AM 4056 Post-exposure Prophylaxis in HIV N246
11:00 AM 11:45 AM 4057 Do Your Patients Understand You? Health Literacy for Clinicians N250
11:00 AM 11:45 AM 4058 State of the Art Lecture -- Changing Environment of Prescribing Opioids Barron
11:00 AM 2:00 PM 4059 Intermediate 12-Lead EKG Workshop N245
12:00 PM 12:15 PM 4060 APAP Pearl: Innovations in Teaching Ethics and Professionalism to PA Students N260
12:00 PM 1:00 PM 1701 Advanced Colposcopy Case Conference [Category II] N233
12:00 PM 1:00 PM 1702 Ask the Expert: Imagined Ugliness: Body Dysmorphic Disorder [Category II] N235
12:00 PM 1:00 PM 1700 Ask the Expert: HIV Issues [Category II] N231
12:15 PM 1:15 PM 4061 APAP Workshop: What's Out There? Biological and Chemical Weapons Preparedness: A Workshop on Continuing Medical Education for PAs, Educators, and Students N258
12:30 PM 12:45 PM 4062 APAP Pearl: Oral Cancer Screening: A Brief Review for Faculty N260
12:30 PM 3:00 PM 4063 Splinting Workshop for Primary Care and Emergency Room PAs 1 N247
1:00 PM 1:45 PM 4064 State of the Art Lecture -- The Diabetes Epidemic -- New Strategies for Prevention and Treatment Barron
1:00 PM 3:30 PM 4065a Medical Spanish for Ob/gyn Workshop Part 1 of 4 N231
1:30 PM 1:45 PM 4066 APAP Pearl: HIPAA: Privacy Training for Students in the Medical Fields N260
2:00 PM 2:35 PM 4067 JNC VII - How It Will Affect Office Practice N1
2:00 PM 2:45 PM 4068 The Initial Interview and Analysis of the HIV Positive Patient N246
2:00 PM 2:45 PM 4069 Transfusion Medicine: Basics and Beyond N252-256
2:00 PM 2:45 PM 4070 Overcoming Clinical Inertia N250
2:00 PM 2:55 PM 4071 Pfizer Dialogue 1: Potpourri of Skin Diseases Barron
2:00 PM 3:15 PM 4072 Talking to your Patients about Medical Mistakes N255-259
2:00 PM 5:30 PM 4073 Injections of Joints and Soft Tissue of the Musculoskeletal System Upper and Lower Extremities Workshop 2 N249
2:35 PM 3:10 PM 4074 How Aggressively Should We Treat Systolic Hypertension? N1
3:00 PM 3:45 PM 4075 Introduction to Refugee Health Care in the U.S. N246
3:00 PM 3:45 PM 4076 Treating Chronic Hepatitis C-Special Populations N250
3:00 PM 3:45 PM 4077 Pediatric Leukemias: How the Primary Care Physician Assistant Can Diagnose Pediatric Leukemias and Discuss Treatment and Referral Options with Parents N252-256
3:00 PM 3:55 PM 4078 Pfizer Dialogue 2: Evaluation and Management of the Thyroid Nodule Barron
3:00 PM 5:30 PM 4079 Chest X-ray Interpretation Workshop N245
3:10 PM 3:45 PM 4080 Managing the Patient with Refractory Hypertension N1
3:30 PM 4:15 PM 4081 Dermatology of Pigmented Skin N255-259
3:45 PM 4:20 PM 4082 The Role of Angiotensin II Antagonists Beyond Blood Pressure Control N1
4:00 PM 4:45 PM 4083 New Therapies for Chronic Hepatitis B N250
4:00 PM 4:45 PM 4084 Non-operative Treatment of Neck and Arm Pain N252-256
4:00 PM 4:55 PM 4085 Pfizer Dialogue 3: Performance Enhancers Barron
4:00 PM 5:15 PM 4086 International Health Care N246
4:00 PM 5:30 PM 4087a Intermediate Medical Spanish Workshop Part 1 of 4 N231
4:00 PM 6:30 PM 4088 Splinting Workshop for Primary Care and Emergency Room PAs 2 N247
5:30 PM 8:30 PM 1608 Adjunct Dinner Symposium - Macrolides for Respiratory Tract Infection: The Past, the Present, and Opportunities to Improve the Future Ballroom A
5:30 PM 8:30 PM 1609 Adjunct Dinner Symposium - Expert Management of Musculoskeletal Pain Ballroom B
5:30 PM 8:30 PM 1610 Adjunct Dinner Symposium - Practical Issues in the Management of Depression Ballroom C
5:30 PM 8:30 PM 1611 Adjunct Dinner Symposium - Antiretroviral Update: Applying Emerging Trial Data to Clinical Practice in the Management of HIV-1 Ballroom D-G
Thursday, June 3, 2004
Start End CME Number Event Location
6:30 AM 7:45 AM 1612 Adjunct Breakfast Symposium - Treatment of Diabetes Beyond Glycemic Control: Getting to the Heart of the Matter Ballroom A
6:30 AM 7:45 AM 1613 Adjunct Breakfast Symposium - Challenges and Choices in Migraine Management Ballroom B
6:30 AM 7:45 AM 1614 Adjunct Breakfast Symposium - Treating Hypertension and Dyslipidemia: Evidence of Synergistic Benefits Ballroom C
6:30 AM 7:45 AM 1615 Adjunct Breakfast Symposium: The Essential Role of Vitamin D in Chronic Kidney Disease: Reaching Patients with Hypertension and Diabetes Ballroom D-G
8:00 AM 8:45 AM 4089 Current Management of Gestational Diabetes N1
8:00 AM 8:45 AM 4090 Alternative Treatments for HPV and Dysplasia N250
8:00 AM 8:45 AM 4091 Return to Work Strategies N252-256
8:00 AM 8:45 AM 4092 Tuberculosis: Still Alive and Kicking N255-259
8:00 AM 8:45 AM 4093 Male Genitourinary Disease N246
8:00 AM 8:55 AM 4094 Pfizer Dialogue 4: Acute Fever in Infants and Children Barron
8:00 AM 10:00 AM 4095 Fundamentals in Reading MRI/CT of the Spine and Head Workshop N245
8:00 AM 10:30 AM 4040b Basic Medical Spanish Workshop Part 2 of 4 N231
8:00 AM 11:30 AM 4096 Injections of Joints and Soft Tissue of the Musculoskeletal System Upper and Lower Extremities Workshop 3 N249
9:00 AM 9:45 AM 4097 The Ethical and Legal Dilemmas Recognizing and Treating Drug-seeking Behavior N1
9:00 AM 9:45 AM 4098 The Challenge of Dual Diagnosis: Assessment and Treatment in the Primary Care Setting N246
9:00 AM 9:45 AM 4099 Medical Abortion N250
9:00 AM 9:45 AM 4100 Emerging Infectious Diseases N255-259
9:00 AM 9:45 AM 4101 Treating Tobacco Dependence: Current Guidelines for Effective Interventions N252-256
9:00 AM 9:55 AM 4102 Pfizer Dialogue 5: Evaluation of the Liver Function Tests Barron
9:00 AM 12:00 PM 4103 Advanced Suture and Wound Care Techniques Workshop 1 N251
10:00 AM 10:45 AM 4104 Substance Abuse and ADHD: A Commonly Missed Comorbidity N246
10:00 AM 10:45 AM 4105 State of the Art Lecture -- Osteoporosis Barron
10:00 AM 11:15 AM 4106 Pre-eclampsia: Diagnosis, Management, and Counseling N250
10:30 AM 12:30 PM 4107 Hemodynamic Monitoring Workshop N247
11:00 AM 11:45 AM 4108 Case Studies in Anticoagulation N246
11:00 AM 11:45 AM 4109 State of the Art Lecture -- Strategies for Active Living -- Managing Asthma Variability Barron
11:00 AM 1:00 PM 4110 Reading and Understanding Basic Angiograms Workshop N245
12:00 PM 1:00 PM 1705 Ask the Expert: Case Studies in Anticoagulation [Category II] N235
12:00 PM 1:00 PM 1703 Ask the Expert: Strategies for Active Living: Managing Asthma Variability [Category II] N231
12:00 PM 1:00 PM 1704 Ask the Expert: Osteoporosis [Category II] N233
1:00 PM 1:45 PM 4111 State of the Art Lecture -- Strategic Selection of Antibiotics for Respiratory Tract Infections Barron
1:00 PM 3:30 PM 4065b Medical Spanish for Ob/gyn Workshop Part 2 of 4 N231
2:00 PM 2:45 PM 4112 Inflammatory Bowel Disease N1
2:00 PM 2:45 PM 4113 Epidural and Regional Anesthesia for Post-op Pain Control N246
2:00 PM 2:45 PM 4114 Biventricular Pacing: Indications and Patient Selection N250
2:00 PM 2:45 PM 4115 Vasoactive Agents in the ICU N255-259
2:00 PM 2:45 PM 4116 Disease Management: From Conception to Reality N252-256
2:00 PM 2:55 PM 4117 Pfizer Dialogue 6: Behavior Management in Young Children Barron
2:00 PM 4:00 PM 4118 Basic Neurological Exam Workshop N245
2:00 PM 4:00 PM 4119 Basic Intra-aortic Balloon Pump Workshop N247
2:00 PM 5:00 PM 4120 Advanced Suture and Wound Care Techniques Workshop 2 N251
2:00 PM 6:00 PM 4121 Evaluation and Treatment of Common Skin Lesions Workshop 1 N249
3:00 PM 3:45 PM 4122 Which New Drugs Are Better Than Their Older Cousins N1
3:00 PM 3:45 PM 4123 Case Studies in EP Cardiology N250
3:00 PM 3:45 PM 4124 Common Female Urological Disorders: Beyond Urinary Tract Infections N255-259
3:00 PM 3:45 PM 4125 The Anterior Cruciate Ligament: Where We've Been and Where We Are Going N252-256
3:00 PM 3:55 PM 4126 Pfizer Dialogue 7: Hepatitis C Barron
3:00 PM 4:15 PM 4127 Identifying and Assisting Children in Families Affected by Substance Abuse N246
4:00 PM 4:45 PM 4128 Differentially Diagnosing the Red Eye N255-259
4:00 PM 4:45 PM 4129 Sports Related Closed Head Injury: Acute and Long Term Management N1
4:00 PM 4:45 PM 4130 Laryngopharyngeal Reflux (LPR): The "Ins and Outs" of LPR N250
4:00 PM 4:45 PM 4131 ICU Management of Sepsis N252-256
4:00 PM 4:55 PM 4132 Pfizer Dialogue 8: ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Discussing the Issues and Learning from Our Past Barron
4:00 PM 5:30 PM 4087b Intermediate Medical Spanish Workshop Part 2 of 4 N231
4:30 PM 5:15 PM 4133 Working As a Physician Assistant in the United Kingdom's Health Care System N246
4:30 PM 6:30 PM 4134 Advanced Intra-aortic Balloon Pump Workshop N247
4:30 PM 6:30 PM 4135 Advanced Neurological Exam Workshop N245
5:30 PM 8:30 PM 1616 Adjunct Dinner Symposium - Metabolic Syndrome: Evaluation and Management of Cardiovascular Disease Ballroom A
5:30 PM 8:30 PM 1617